"Because there aren't many films in which the main character rises from the dead, we are somewhat limited in film scenes that compare to the post-Resurrection scenes in the gospels. In The Day the Earth Stood Still the extra-terrestrial Klaatu, shot by a soldier, is restored to life so that he can give the final warning to Earth to give up their nuclear weapons and live in peace, but it is but a temporary resurrection. This restriction was imposed by the Motion Picture Production Code then in force, which stipulated that because only God could produce and restore life, Klaatu's "resurrection" could not be permament."Ed McNulty, Visual Parables.